Posts Tagged ‘Tulane’

I’ve been meaning to post prior to this, but I’ve been uber busy with my new job and getting acclimated to my new routine. However, I do have some great news! This past Thursday, I received my first interview invite!! I actually received two that day, but found out about the second one much later. Guess which school, of all the schools I’ve applied to, heard my cry? Tulane! Waaaay down in New Orleans. Ha. If you all knew how much of a Northern girl I am, you’d probably chuckle at the thought of me applying to Tulane. But, as I previously stated (or did I?), I thoroughly researched the programs at every single US accredited medical school and selected the programs I felt were most aligned with my personality, learning style, and career goals. As it just so happens, Tulane aligned rather well with those items. Plus, I know it’s the South, but New Orleans is such a unique city. I’ve never been, but at least in my mind, I picture it a culturally rich town full or character…lol This coming in the wake of the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (shame how devastated some of the area still is…thank you, George Dubbya and FEMA) Granted, as a friend put it, I’ll need some intense A/C and a tazzer, but I think I could handle it. So begins the intense preparation for the interview…

To all the anxious pre-meds that might ever read this, either now or in the future – nothing will decrease your anxiety during this process like the receipt of an interview invite. I was such a wreck before this invite: compulsively checking my e-mail and med school status pages. After I got the first invite (which I got while doing work in Barnes & Noble, causing me to silently wig-out for a good 30sec…lol), I immediately stopped checking my inbox. In fact, had I not been on SDN that day, and been tipped off that my second invite school (Drexel) was posting invites on-line, I probably still wouldn’t know I had an interview there! It’s like an enormous weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I know this isn’t it, and that I must put a lot of work into these interviews, but it feels nice to know I actually have a shot. I’m not naive. I know that right after the interviews, the anxiety is probably going to shoot right back up until I hear whether I got hit with the acceptance, waitlist, or rejection. But, for now, I’m sitting on Cloud 9! Shoot, I even got rejected from Georgetown the next day (imo, their loss, not mine – it’s expensive too!) and hardly batted an eye. I’m not going to lie, the first rejection stings a little, but having an interview invite or two to soften the blow is rather nice 🙂

Next up: finding a summer skirt suit for interviews and prepping for the multitude of potential interview questions! I’m pumped.